Kharam language

Kharam
Kharam
	Transliteration of "Kharam" inMeitei script
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Kharam people
Native speakers	1,400 (2000)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin-Naga Southern Naga Kharam; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kfw
Glottolog	khar1288Kharam Naga

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Kharamis aSouthern Nagalanguage of India. Peterson (2017)^[2]classifies the closely relatedPurum language(and hence Kharam as well) as part of theNorthwesternbranch of Kuki-Chin. AccordingEthnologue,Kharam shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility withPurum. The speakers of this language useMeitei languageas theirsecond language(L2) according to theEthnologue.^[3]

Geographical distribution

Kharam Naga is spoken in the following locations ofManipur(Ethnologue).

Senapati district:Purumlikli, Purumkhulen, Purumkhunou, Waicheiphai, and Moibunglikli villages
Chandel district:Lamlang Huipi, Chandanpokpi, Khongkhang Chothe, Loirang Talsi, Salemthar, Zat’lang, and New Wangparan villages

References

^KharamatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
^Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds.Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley,189-209. Leiden: Brill.
^"Meitei | Ethnologue".Ethnologue.Retrieved2023-05-03.

[e18-1] KharamatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)

[Peterson2017-2] Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds.Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley,189-209. Leiden: Brill.

[3] "Meitei | Ethnologue".Ethnologue.Retrieved2023-05-03.

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